Sunday Scorecard

Can the Redhawks make the NIT this season. The Coach thinks so.
Charles Garcia just might be good enough to make it happen.

Coach Dollar should be sending “Don James size” gift baskets to the admissions office over at Montlake everyday that Charles Garcia is enrolled at Seattle U.

Remember last season when Charles Garcia dropped basketball to concentrate on school in an effort to get into UDub? It’s clear Romar and Dollar knew just how good he was back then and all the effort to get him into school just came up short.

One has to wonder how much Romar thinks what if while watching Seattle U.

If I had a dime for every transfer who never got into UDub.

Did you know Coach Bone @ WSU has played all of his scholarship players and plans on nobody redshirting this season?

Does anyone think Klay Thompson can average 25 ppg during Pac-10 play?

Gonzaga showed some true grit in the Maui Invitational Final against Cincinnati by coming back from ten down in the second half.

Maybe Coach Few should wear the sandals all season?

How bad was UCLA’s defeat at the Anaheim Convention Center on Thursday night ? 16 turnovers and 33% shooting pct. can easily explain the worst defeat of Howland’s tenure.

Nikola Dragovic was the biggest no show of the night, capping off his reinstatement after a two-game suspension by making only one of five shots and committing three turnovers.

The worst part is the senior forward still faces an assault charge in connection with a fight last month.

Things might be catching up to Howland and UCLA after years of players leaving early for the NBA draft. Think about how good they would be if Westbrook and Love were still around.

On the other hand the team that beat UCLA, Portland, is now 6-0 after dropping Minnesota Friday night. Looks like Gonzaga might finally have a challenger for the West Coast Conference title.

One of the biggest surprises of the year might be at war torn USC. 6-foot-10, 240-pound Nikola Vucevic from Montenegro is currently leading the team with 17.3 ppg and 10.3 rpg after averaging only 2 points and 2 rebounds last year.

The star of the Montenegro Under-18 team had some help along the way. Both parents played professionally in Europe and his Uncle, a coach in France, led him to a tryout at Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley.

The same Stoneridge Prep that is home of the newest Husky commit Enes Kantner.

Some how the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 U18 European Championship flew under the radar for most recruiting analyst but Husky Assistant coach Raphael Chillious had him in his sights for a long time.

Makes you think if Joe Callero doesn’t take the job at Cal Poly does Washington get Kantner?

When it comes to recruting you can always count on for every Jake Heaps a Nick Montana and for every Josh Smith a Enes Kantner.